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| author | Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> | 2018-08-16 08:58:54 -0400 |
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| committer | Atomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io> | 2018-08-16 14:12:42 +0000 |
| commit | dda3a742f2e30398c3824fa06a1ff3e899fc2e9d (patch) | |
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| parent | 1387bc9cdb708e83461600dde26f2c9f20986d24 (diff) | |
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Document STORAGE_DRIVER and STORAGE_OPTS environment variable
Default settings for storage can be overriden by setting these environment
variables.
Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
Closes: #1282
Approved by: mheon
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/podman.1.md | 7 |
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diff --git a/docs/podman.1.md b/docs/podman.1.md index b5331a45d..26a5a0ae0 100644 --- a/docs/podman.1.md +++ b/docs/podman.1.md @@ -58,11 +58,14 @@ Path to the OCI compatible binary used to run containers **--storage-driver, -s**=**value** -Select which storage driver is used to manage storage of images and containers (default is overlay) +Storage driver. The default storage driver for UID 0 is configured in /etc/containers/storage.conf, and is *vfs* for other users. The `STORAGE_DRIVER` environment variable overrides the default. The --storage-driver specified driver overrides all. + +Overriding this option will cause the *storage-opt* settings in /etc/containers/storage.conf to be ignored. The user must +specify additional options via the `--storage-opt` flag. **--storage-opt**=**value** -Used to pass an option to the storage driver +Storage driver option, Default storage driver options are configured in /etc/containers/storage.conf. The `STORAGE_OPTS` environment variable overrides the default. The --storage-opt specified options overrides all. **--syslog** |